Properity: Measures of material well-being as a function of income.

In dtkaplan/mosaicUSAFA: Functions, data, and tutorials for the Math 141Z course

Description

The data divides Americans into six groups based on income. Within each group, the other variables report the percentage of households with children in the indicated situation. Doctor visits are counts.

Usage

data(Prosperity)

Format

A data frame with 6 rows and 11 variables.

• CrimeProblem - Fraction of families living in an area with a crime problem

• AbandonedBuildings - Fraction of families living in an area with abandoned building

• IncompleteBathroom - Fraction of families without a complete bathroom in their dwelling.

• Other variables from NoCentralHeat to Telephone are similarly a fraction of families

• DoctorVisitsUnder7 - (?) Average number of visits to a doctor of children under 7

• DoctorVisits7To18 - (?) Average number of visits to a doctor of children in this age group.

• NoDoctorVisitUnder7 - (?) Fraction of households with children under 7 who have not visited a doctor (ever? in the last year?)

• NoDoctorVisit7To18 - Similar, but for children aged 7 to 18.

Details

The file “Income-Housing.csv" contains data on incomes and housing conditions for US households divided into groups by income. (Source:

Source

Susan E. Mayer (1997) "What money can’t buy: Family income and children’s life chances," Harvard Univ. Press p. 102.

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